Deuteronomy 19:21 BSB

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13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
תָח֖וֹס	ta.Chos	it will look with pity	H2347 →
עֵינֶ֑ךָ	'ei.Ne.kha	eye your	H5869 →
נֶ֣פֶשׁ	Ne.fesh	life	H5315 →
בְּנֶ֗פֶשׁ	be.Ne.fesh	for life	H5315 →
עַ֤יִן	'A.yin	eye	H5869 →
בְּעַ֙יִן֙	be.'A.yin	for eye	H5869 →
שֵׁ֣ן	shen	tooth	H8127 →
בְּשֵׁ֔ן	be.Shen	for tooth	H8127 →
יָ֥ד	yad	hand	H3027 →
בְּיָ֖ד	be.Yad	for hand	H3027 →
רֶ֥גֶל	Re.gel	foot	H7272 →
בְּרָֽגֶל׃ ס	be.Ra.gel	for foot	H7272 →

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Deuteronomy 19:13
You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
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- 1 Kings 2:31
  And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
- Deuteronomy 7:16
  You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
- Deuteronomy 21:9
  So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 7:2
  and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
- Numbers 35:33–34
  Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the…

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Matthew 5:38You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’Matthew 5:38–39You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’Deuteronomy 7:16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.Exodus 21:23–25But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—Exodus 21:24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,Deuteronomy 19:13You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.Leviticus 24:20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.Exodus 21:23But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—Leviticus 24:17–21And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.Leviticus 24:19If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:Exodus 21:20If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.Deuteronomy 25:12you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.Genesis 45:20But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

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